Molecular characterization of classic human astrovirus in eastern China, as revealed by environmental sewage surveillance

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1436-1444

  Zhou, N ^a   Lin, X ^a,b   Wang, S ^a,b   Wang, H ^a,b   Bi, Z ^a,b   Wang, P ^a   Chen, P ^a   Tao, Z ^a,b   Song, L ^a,b   Song, Y ^a   Xu, A ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

China; Genotype; Human astrovirus; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogeny; Recombination; Sewage

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLINICAL DATA; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; EASTERN CHINA; GENOTYPE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION;

SEWAGE ANALYSIS;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOMESTIC WASTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MONITORING; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION; SEWAGE; VIRUS;

CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IDENTITY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMASTROVIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

CHINA; SHANDONG;

HUMAN ASTROVIRUS; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 1; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 4;

SEWAGE;

ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAMASTROVIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEWAGE;

EID: 84962934158     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.13109     Document Type: Article

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